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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
West Lothian planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official West Lothian website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates19,405Searchable applications
272Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 17,146 approved or refused records
1,762Refused applications
15,384 approved · 1,762 refused · 1,234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Mar 2003 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning & Building StandardsLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP 1)Pre-application advice Pre-Application EnquiryConservation areas Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Scheduled Monuments
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriescustomer.service@westlothian.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas10 mapped area records
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- DecidedLIVE/0028/FUL/12
Erection of 2 replacement houses (grid ref. 299257 668003)
57 & 59 Hunter Grove, Bathgate, EH48 1NN
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0829/H/11
Extensions to house (including demolition of existing garage) (grid ref. 306049 664832)
12 Murieston Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9AU
Received 16 Dec 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0803/A/11
Erection of 2 advertising signboards (grid ref. 296800 668030)
Whiteside Industrial Estate, Factory Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RX
Received 29 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0117/A/12
Erection of an interpretive panel (grid ref. 300353 676956)
Union Canal , Manse Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6AJ
Received 16 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0197/H/12
Demolition of garage, extension to house and erection of a double garage (grid ref. 308795 668056)
84 Main Street, East Calder, EH53 0EX
Received 1 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0058/FUL/12
Change of use from shop (class 1) to hot food takeaway (grid ref. 294606 665082)
35 Market Place, Whitburn, EH47 0EU
Received 24 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0166/FUL/12
Change of use from a barn to office (class 2) and alterations to building (grid ref. 304902 670888)
No.8 Houston Mains Holdings, Uphall, EH52 6PA
Received 1 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0285/H/12
Extension to dormer
28 Strathbrock Place, Uphall, EH52 6BN
Received 28 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0445/H/12
Installation of a dormer window (grid ref. 305083 677163)
3 Wyndford Brae Station Road Philpstoun Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6RN
Received 12 Jun 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0699/H/11
Extension to house (grid ref. 308229 674825)
75 Tippet Knowes Road, Winchburgh, EH52 6UN
Received 13 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0041/FUL/12
Reconstruction of fire damaged building to create a class 1 shop with 2 flats above and extension to existing hot food takeaway (grid ref. 293690 667837)
170, 172, 174 South Street, Armadale, EH48 3JU
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0764/H/11
First floor extension to house (Grid Ref 296350 669471).
36 Jardine Place, Bathgate, EH48 4GU
Received 17 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0229/A/12
Erection of a projecting sign (in retrospect) (grid ref 300286 677126)
61 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 22 Mar 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0653/FUL/11
Repositioning of build zone and type E house/garage/outbuilding on plot 6 and substitution of house type to type D1 (including garage type D1) on plot 9 (amendment to approval of reserved matters 0264/ARM/05 & 0333/ARM/08) (grid ref. 292581 671273)
Plots 6 & 9, Craigengall Farm, Avonbridge
Received 26 Sept 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0575/FUL/11
Erection of a petrol filling station and associated access (grid ref. 294287 667112)
Land At Armadale Station, Armadale
Received 18 Aug 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0060/TCA/12
Felling of 2 trees
3 Dog Well Wynd, Linlithgow, EH49 7EH
Received 25 Jan 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0784/LBC/11
Listed building consent for the installation of CCTV (grid ref 300526 677094)
Linlithgow Station, Linlithgow
Received 24 Nov 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0541/FUL/11
Change of use from shop (class 1) to office (class 2) (grid ref. 301595 663053)
42 Main Street, West Calder, EH55 8DR
Received 4 Aug 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0550/FUL/11
Erection of a 27sqm extension to pharmacy (grid ref 303436 668883)
WM Morrison Supermarket, Carmondean Centre Road, Carmondean, Livingston, EH54 8PT
Received 12 Aug 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0626/FUL/11
Variation of Conditions 2 and 4 of planning consent 0439/FUL/09 to allow the reconfiguration of the proposed supermarket (grid ref. 294499 667088)
Armadale Station, Armadale
Received 16 Sept 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0416/LBC/10
Listed building consent for the conversion of farm buildings to form 5 houses (grid ref. 299580 663275)
Auchenhard Farm, West Calder, EH55 8PJ
Received 26 May 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0684/FUL/11
Formation of a car park (grid ref. 308754 672002).
220 East Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5AW
Received 12 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0683/FUL/11
Change of use from Class 4 (business) to Class 11 (Dance Studio) (grid ref. 302112 668407).
Unit 2, St Andrews Way, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8QH
Received 12 Oct 2011 - DecidedLIVE/0009/H/12
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 297853 668583)
5 Newland Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 1EE
Received 28 Dec 2011
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Lothian, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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